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• Tatsuta Maru arrived at Osaka, Japan. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | CPC]
• Soviet troops captured Voronezh, southern Russia. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Tunny stalked a Japanese trawler starting at about 0530 hours off the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, firing her deck gun to attack only in the afternoon. The trawler escaped her after sundown. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
• The US Army-Marine joint division continued to attack westward along the northern coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands intending to envelope Japanese positions. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
• Chiang Kaishek held a celebratory dinner for Joseph Stilwell for having recently earned the Distinguished Service Cross medal. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
• HMS LST-412 was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander Patrick Richard Brown in command. ww2dbase [LST-412 | CPC]
• Kamoi set sail for Makassar, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]
• At Tulagi, USS Nicholas experienced a routine change of command with LtCdr Andrew Hill relieving Cdr William Brown as commanding officer. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• USS Ancon arrived at Oran, French Algeria. ww2dbase [Ancon | Oran | CPC]

• Comandante Cappellini sighted an aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean at 1830 hours; she submerged to avoid detection. At 1725 hours, she sighted a seaplane, and submerged again. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | CPC]

• US bombers conducted a night raid on Rabaul, New Britain; Zero fighters rose to intercept and shot down one B-17 bomber. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down a B-24 bomber over Mingaladon, Burma, his 20th victory. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Mingaladon | CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi completed refitting light cruiser Agano at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese freighter in Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands, hitting her with 1 of 2 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | Apra Harbor | CPC]

• Kamoi passed through the Bungo Channel between Shikoku and Kyushu islands in Japan, escorted by minelayer Natsushima. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Bungo Channel | CPC]

• Carrier USS Saratoga with destroyer USS Saufley among her escorts arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia after their patrol of the waters north of the island. ww2dbase [Saufley | Nouméa | DS]

• USS Whale attacked a Japanese oiler between Truk, Caroline Islands and Japan; 1 of 3 torpedoes fired hit the target but failed to detonate. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
• USS Wahoo attacked a Japanese convoy of four freighters in the Pacific Ocean, sinking transport Fukuei Maru, sinking transport Buyo Maru, and damaging another transport. 11 torpedoes were expended, 7 of which hit. She then surfaced to attack Japanese survivors in lifeboats; this last action would generate some controversy, especially that some of the survivors killed included Indian prisoners of war. Six hours later, she began a three-hour pursuit of the two remaining ships of the Japanese convoy, eventually sinking both (a tanker and a freighter), hitting them with 3 of 8 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Dudley Morton | CPC]

• Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card transited the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Card | Panama Canal | DS]

26 Jan 1943 Interactive Map